Improvement in rat-trap



naar gaat ge/trut @emita Lettersv Patent No. 93,714, `cla-teal August 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILLTR'AP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all to whom 'it ma/y concern: Y

Be it known that I, J. M.' HENRIE, of Vandalia, in the county of Jasper', and State of Iowa, have invented anew and improved Rat-Trap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art:- to make and use the' same, reference being had to. the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification. i

The object of this invention is to provide `an-improved self-setting trap, for catching rats and other animals. y y

It consists of a box, preferably having two chambers or spaces, 011e heilig permanently covered and the other provided with a sliding cover,wliich is connected by rods to a crank-shaft, towhicha weighted cord is attached for rotating it. l

Each revolution of the crank-shaft' will withdraw and return the cover, and at each return it is 'locked and held until the animal, gettingfon the cover for the bait, by his weight depresses a hinged part and unlocks it, permitting the weight to draw it backsuddenly under a plate, which scrapes the animal off into .the pit below, where he is/secured bythe return of the cover.

holding it closed when run down, anl arrangement of springs for quickly setting the cover into motion, and arresting the motion of the said door at the close'of the return movement. y v

Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of my irnproved trap.

Figure 2 represents a plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate `corresponding parts.

A represents a strong rectangular box, divided into two chamber B and O, .by the partition D.

v The chamber 0 is provided with a permanent cover, and the chamber B has a cover, E, capable of sliding back and forth over the cover of the part C.

- This Vcover is provided with a movable part, F, hinged'or pivoted to it at G, and is connected by rods H to the cranks of a shaft, I, eapabl'e' of rotation, and

havin a weiffhted cord K wound around it and car- `ried over an elevated pulley, L.

lThe hinged part F of the-cover, when the latter is in the closed position represented in the drawings, drops behind a locking-bolt, M and a projection, N, thereon, passes under a spring, O, which presses the edge of the said part F down, to insure the locking andto raise the opposite edge.

The invention also. c ompnsesa locking-device for P represents a plate or board, in an edgewise position above the trap, and under which the cover slides.

It supports the spring o, and a bait-hook, Q. 1t represents elastic cords or springs, which are under tension when the trap is closed. v

Whena rat in pursuit of the bait passes on to the part F of the cover, his weight will press it down, so as to disengage it from the block M, and4 thus allow the weight, by the rotation of the shaft, to suddenly draw the cover under the board P,'which scrapes the animal'off into the chamber B.

The continued rotation of theshaft will returnA the .coverand the springs .O will press the part F down behind the block, resetting the trap.

When the trapis sprung, the springs R, being under tension, will assist' to suddenly set the cover into -motion, and thereturn movement of the cover will, by

-imparting tension to the said springs, be deprived, to

a considerable extent, of its power to cause a shock and noise.

.To induce the rats to pass from the chamber B, to

prevent any chance of escaping by the cover when opened, I providepassages S, having doors T opening into the space C, and I make holes V, suitably protected to admit light, toward which the rats will, vnaturally go in .their eifoits to escape, provision being made for the light to be seen through small holes in the doors T.

V"V represents a locking-lever,.supported in an elevated position bya dog W, and arranged to he disconnected by the weight previously to running down,

so as-to'fallvbehind theA cover, and permanently lock it, to prevent. the escape of the animals when the force of the Weight on the cover is lost.`

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the hinged part F with thccover E, stop` M,'and spring O, substantiallyv as specied. y

2. -The combination withv the cover and weighted cord, of the locking-bar V, and dog YV, substantially as specified.

3. The improved trap, above described, all its parts being constructed and arranged, with reference to each other, as shown and set forth.

'- J. p M. HENRIE.

Vitnesses:

D. G. BROWN, WrLLIAMRDRAPnR 

